Where does “weism” come from?
weism (English) comes from English we, from Middle English we, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
weism (English): wegotism
Ancestry of “weism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | we | The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and... |
| 2 | Middle English | we | First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person... |
| 3 | Old English | wē | we |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |